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THE MORNING OKBGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 190U.'
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PAINTER IN ORDINARY TO GEORGE III.!
(Copyright. 1809, by
THE ORbGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE:
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Contributors to this course: Dr. John C. Van
Dyke. Dr. Russell Sturgte, Dr. A. L- Frothlng
hara. Jr., Arthur Hoeber, Frank Fowler and
others.
XI. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.
By Arthur Hoeber.
Nature seems to take pleasure In be
stowing her .glftsr when it comes to the
matter of aesthetic endowments, in the
most capricious manner and where they
are least expected. Many men have dtvel
opod talents for artistic things whose en
vironment and heredity would seem to
disbar them frem ever aspiring to a love
of the beautiful or a taste for the re
fined. So It was with the great English
man, Thomas Lawrence. He wag the son
of an innkeeper, who wandered about
from pillar to post, now in one town, then
in another, never successful, and content,
when his little boy showed a precocious
talent for drawing, to set Wm up on the
bar and have him, at the age of o, make
charcoal sketches of the customers.
With very rare exceptions men who
achieve distinction in art begin at an
early ge the labor which Is so intimate a
part of their lives, since, as with scarcely
any other professional men, the painter
never for a .moment ceases to think of h's
own work. In order to accomplish great
things In art there are many preliminary
matters to be considered and such ques
tions as technique, drawing:, composition
and the mechanical manipulation of the
pigment must be settled early .In the
career, so that the mind is left free to
cope with the more Important and greater
attributes. Otherwise the man is contin
ually hampered with distressing details
and worries that preclude mastership.
So, In looking over the list of the world's
great artists, we find that most of them
were well equipped at a time when mod
ern men are -still at the schools. Law
rence drew creditably when he was 10
years old, and although he had no In
struction, he seemed to get at his results
by intuition, as it were, from the first.
Later he went for a while to the schools
at the Royal academy, but he did not
linger long there, and it may be said that
he practically earned his living from the
time he was 10 years of ge.
Thomas Lawrence was born In Bristol,
England, on .May 4, 1769, where his lather
at that time kept a hotel, although he
came of people in fair social standing, the
grandfather having been a clergyman.
But the father of the painter was a sort
of ne er-do-well and of a roving dispos -tion,
so that he went from Bristol to
Oxford, and thence to Bath, following the
fashionable world trying to find sitters
lor his little boy, who was considered a
phenomenon with the chalks, and who
drew anybody who was willing to g.ve up
a few shillings for the work. The lad
was good-looking, and received a great
deal of attention, which did not turn his
head, howevor, and he had a certain
vogue even at this early period among
prominent people traveling thither for the
baths or amusement There remans,
done at this time in colored chalks, an
old portrait of the Duchess of Devon
shire, which -still hangs in Chiswlck houe,
in the room in which Charles Fox died.
Then, as all through his career, he was
a faithful worker, applying himself with
great enthusiasm, and presently, in 1787,
he came to London for the first time.
He was now in his ISth year and is de
scribed as being handsome in person, with
br ght eyes, regular features and leng.
brown hair falling over his shoulders In
curls. He took rooms In Leicester Fields,
near Sir Joshua Reynolds, whom he lit
tle thought he was one day to succeed
as president of the Royal Academy.
The genial Sir Joshua was very friendly
to the joung man, and gave him much
kindly advice. At first he was carried
away by the prevailing classicism of the
day. for it was a time In England when
it was the fashion to dress modern heroes
up In Roman togas and pose them before
great columns and curtains, on marble
benches or in the environment of the old
Caesarian times. Features were painted
with an aggravating regularity and lack
of character that in these days It is difil
cult to account for. There was stiUedness
In the pose and a pomposity that did not
escape being ridiculous. This custom pre
vailed as well in France, and may be said
to have culminated with the work of the
painter David. Thus it was that Law
rence's first effort was a commission to
paint a picture called rHomer Reeling
His Poems to the Greeks." The work
was exhibited in 1791, and was not a suc
cess. The year before, however, he had
executed a portrait of the beautiful Miss
Farren, the actress, who later married
Lord Derby, and with this canvas he im
mediately attracted great attention amorg
the critics of the day and the fashionable
world of London. It paved the way for
many subsequent commissions, for it was
the portrait of the year at the exhibi
tion. The onportunity was most favorab.e
for Lawrence. Gainsborough had died
two years before. Sir Joshua was old
and nearly blind, and Romney had but a
small following. The king, George III,
took an immense fancy to the joung man;
he had himself, his queen and the Prin
cess Amelia painted by Lawrence, and he
went so far in his favoritism as to insist
by a royal edict on having him made an
associate of the Royal Academy when he
had barely attained his majority, al
though, by the laws of the Institufon,
he was not really eligible until the age of
24.
Three years later Lawrence was elected
lull academician, and 12 jnonths afterward
he was made painter In ordinary to his
majesty. He was now the most popular
portrait painter that London had known
s.nce the days of Van Dyck, when that
prince of the brush had his studio con
stantly filled with the most brilliant set of
fashionables from the king down. Unhap
pily, however, the patronage of royalty
Is not always an unmixed joy or entirely
conducive to true artistic advancement.
The flattery that finds its vent through the
courtier's tongue Is not unlikely to perco
late from the end of the painter's brush.
Be sure that Lawrence did full justice to
the physiognomy of his royal sitter and did
not hesitate to smooth over his shortcom
ings in a physical way. Besides, It was
also a fashion at that epoch to draw the
features in a conventional manner, to give
regularity to the nose, to make the eyes
shapely, and to give archness to the mouth.
All this Lawrence did to a more or less
extent, though happily the merit of his
work rcse above these minor blemishes.
Being successful, Lawrence now started
in on a more expensive style of living. He
took a house at 24 Old Bond street, which
he fitted up handsomely. He charged 33
guineas for a head, 60 for the half-lengtn
and 120 for the full figure. In 1794 he took
a house in Piccadilly and three years later
ho again moved, this time to Greek street,
Sehc. For 30 years his work went on
uninterruptedly, his fame increasing and
his prices Advancing to formidable figures.
In 134 tn v-s charging 103 guineas lor a
head and 403 for a full length: but. al
thougn receiving these large sums, he
was never fre from financial care; :he
money tns. came in seend to flaw our x:
some cx.raciqinary way that has ne-ivr
been quite accounted for. Thre had been
vome Utile scandal, rumor having con
nected the painter's name with that of the
Pr.ncfss of "Vules. He had executed her
pcrtrpi t Montague house, where he had"
remained as a gwst for some time; a com
mittee vv rppoirted t; examine Ire
charges, and their proceeding were known
as the "lc. -it- investigation -.' bv which,
h v.-over. Lawrence was fully exonerate!.
In the r"'nce recent commanded hfm
to iaitrt a series of the princes, general,
t . r."ifn pd diplomatists of the a 1 e-i
&ri" t wMch new f SI the Waterloo olai.i
bcr at Windsor ca?tle. and In AprJ, lall,
Lawrence was knighted by the regent.
It is interesting to note that the Amer-
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years later elected Sir Thomas Lawrence hls ,way t0 cvIt.e P.rvince, intending to
an honorary member, in return for which ' make a sta"d' and, pfm,Islmf to
he presented it with a portrait of West, J capture Manila. There is little - hope,
the American president of the Engllah however, that he wi "stand If he would,
Royal Academy. Other honors, perhaps of fi&ht jfBht end everything,
a more substantial naiure, followed, for Preparations are now being made for
the king of France sent him -In 1825 the campaign In Cavite which will proba
cross of the Legion of Honor, and he was I My begin as soon as the southern ports
elected to the academies of Florence. Ven- I are opened. That will be the first work
Ice, Rome, Bologna. Denmark and Vienna. J to engage General Otis attention.. The
It was not until 1S19 that Lawrence went
to Rome, then the Mecca of the artists,
and here he studied for the first time the
works of the great masters in the gal1
lerles. On his return to London, 'n March,
1S20, "West having died earlier in the menth.
he found he had been elected as his suc
cessor as president of the Royal Academy.
He lived for ten years to enjoy thl dis-
tinction, dying suddenly on the 7th of Jan
uary, 1830, from ossification of the heart,
and he was burled in St. Paul's cathedral,
by the side of Sir Joshua. Reynolds.
Lawrence's best-u-membered works are
portraits of women and children, whom
he drew and painted with a delicacy and
grace which few menhave excelled. One
of his finest is Lady Go-.ver, with her little
daughter, which now hangs at Stafford
house. This, with many others, is widetv
known through engravings. He was an
intimate friend of Mrs. Siddons, the great
actress, whose portrait he painted several
times, and of her niece, Fanny Kembh,
whom he also painted, and which is one
of his best canvases. Although throughout
his life Lawrence showed the lack of pre
liminary training in an academic way,
and one may pick flaws now and then in
his drawing, he was singularly gifted and
was a workman of a high order, with a de
lightful appreciation of color and an abid
ing sense of grace and beauty. He le
mains one of the notable group of the ear
ly Englishmen whose like Great Britain
has not produced since his. death.
New York city.
HOW 1900 FINDS LUZON.
A. Manila Cable Letter of Exceptional
Interest.
New "York Sun.
The difficulties under which General Otis
has labored will never be known in full,
although the ultimate publication of the
war department records will make them
clear to some extent. Suffice it to say now
that when criticism of him was most viru
lent last summer he was conducting the
transfer of the army from volunteer to
regular under conditions sometimes re
ducing the force to perilously small com
mands. Meanwhile, important civil prob
lems were constantly demanding decision,
and harassing complications were con
stantly arising. Regardless of public
abuse and vituperation, General Otis pur
sued a steadfast course, hammering the
enemy wherever it was possible to gain an
enduring advantage, smoothing difficulties,
adjudicating civil questions and pressing
undevlatingly to the fullest performance
of his public duty.
Now that the end Is practically In sight,
a condition will soon be reached where
General Otis will be enabled to lay down
his heavy burden with great honor to
himself and the consciousness of having
performed a tremendous .task well, under
almost superhuman difficulties.
Considered at large, the present situa
tion is very satisfactory. -The northern
provinces of Luzon are practically cleared
of Tagals. The natives there welcome the
Americans, and are anxious to recom
mence business. They are heartily desir
ous of peace and quiet. The establish
ment of two military governments in the
provinces east and west of the moun
tains will soon be followed by the estab
lishment of provincial civil governments,
with courts. Reconstruction will soon be
undertaken in Pangasinan province, whose
capital is Lingayen. A court of first in
stance has already been arranged.
The Zaflro returned at midnight last
night from Batan, an island which lies
to the north of Luzon. Aboard the ves
sel was General Tirona, who was former
ly the rebel commander In Cagayan, who
accompanied the Zafiro to Batan and used
his influence to bring about the surrender
of the garrison there. All the rifles of
the rehels were confiscated except 10.
These and a dozen smooth-bore cannon
were left for the protection of the Inhab
itants against Chinese pirates. "Until
General Tirona landed, the Batanians pro
posed to resist the Americans, but his
representations caused them to lay down
their arms. Batan is a beautiful island.
The people are clean and peaceful. Their
principal occupation is the raising of cat
tle and poultry.
It Is daily becoming clearer how ab
solutely the insurrection is confined to the
Tagals. Outside of their influence, the
country would soon be more peaceful
than ever It was under the Spaniards.
The Tagal provinces are liable" to cause
some trouble In a small way for some
time. The parting advice of the "Inde
pemlencia. the insurrectionary organ,
which died miserably, was a fervid ap
peal to the "blood-crowned" soldiers to
continue their guerrilla warfare. There
is some evidence that this will be at
tempted, but only in the Tagal provinces
or by Taga's. Possibly it will be neces
sary to adopt' the same tactics in these
provinces that were found so succrss'ul
in the Island of Xegros. These Tagal
guerrillas constitute only a part of the
population of their provinces, and they
are conflnefitatcr the naturally lawless ele
ment, whiciirfbiiB found war better than
work. The oossesslon of guns enables
mem io levy moute on the peacetui na-
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tlves. They are actually only brigands,'
Their suppression Is a matter of police
work, not warfare.
There remains Cavlte province, the tra
ditional home of the Insurgents. The Ta
gals have many rifles there. The men
are now occupied in harvesting the rice
crop, but they run to the trenches when
ever the Americans appear. There are
manv roDorts that AKUinaldo is workins
. opening or. me norinern ports is aireaay
accomplishing good results. It Is report
ed that the hemp crop is very large. The
opening of the southern ports will boom
business.
Outside of Luzon, the conditions are
bright everywhere. General Hughes has
chased the Tagals almost completely from
Panay. That island will soon be ready
for the establishment of a civil govern
ment. The Island of Negros is quieter
than ever before in its history. The other
Visayan islands are in a similar condi
tion. General Bates' work in Mindanao is
most remarkable. He has accomplished
In six months more than the Spaniards
ever dreamed of doing. He has been Un
failingly successful In establishing friend
ly relations with the Moros, heretofore
uniformly reported to be cruel, savage
and intractable. The Americans now oc
cupy towns that the Spaniards were un
able to enter, and mingle comparatively
freely with the Moros. This the Span
iards always feared to do. The result
will surely be the development of those
islands, which less skillful work, would
have delayed, perhaps for years. General
Bates' personal wish was to remain In
Luzon and to have command where there
was actual fighting. His work In the
south is so valuable, however, that It is
tmllkely that anybody will relieve him.
The military problem heretofore has
necessarily been the first consideration
in point of time. Now, however, the civil
question, always the more Important in
point of fact, will come to the front and
assume its real place.
With the end of the approaching cam
paign in Cavlte province the time will be
ripe for the establishment of a military
department and the relegation of military
work to the department commanders.
General Otis has already considered, at
least in principle, practically every civil
problem that is likely to arise. The re
sults of his work will be vastly valu
able when congress comes to legislate
concerning these problems.
The most Important question is prob
ably that of titles to realty. This ques
tion is closely allied to church disestab
lishment. Men who are most competent
to judge say that a settlement of the
land question Is more important than the
church question, although It Is practically
Impossible to settle one without the other,
because the gravest questions concerning
titles arise through attacks on the church
holdings. Many of the church holdings
were originally grants from the stale,
which were given to the church for ad
ministration. During the past week the
question arose through an urgent appeal
of the church in transferring land which
they claimed.
Undoubtedly, the appointment of a land
commission, with power to quiet titles,
similar to the commission in the case of
New Mexico, would have the greatest ef
fect in convincing the Filipinos of the
good faith of the Americans and the ben
eficent results of American control. This
question presses hardest for settlement.
It is even more important than th.e de
tails of a governmental scheme. These
three questions, government, realty titles
and disestablishment, are the first great
problems that the Americans must solve.
The currency, commercial regulations, the
tariff and a franchise for a cable are of
secondary importance.
A general reform of the laws is urgent-
ly needed. The Spanish laws under whiclT
the Americans are now trying to work
are clumsy, incodified and Inefficient.
General Otis is now having a working
code prepared, which will serve until con
gress relieves the situation.
A vexing question, the legality of civil
marriages, was settled by a recent or-
der. It Is believed that the friars will
cause trouble 'until they are eliminated
entirely from all governmental functions.
It has been interesting during the last
few months to watch the developments.
Hopefulness Is evidenced by the general
talk of the future possibilities of the is
lands. -The inevitable topics of any gath
ering are improvement schemes, business
chances, railroads, port works and ship
ping. Everybody is looking toward the,
time when American methods will operate
undisturbed. Manila is already prospect
ively rebuilt, a hill station erected, roads
opened, resources developed and the coun
try explored. A great era of prosperity is
in full swing, an easy possibility in this
wonderful country.'
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"Women Play Cricket.
General Advertiser of 1747.
"On Monday last in playing the Women's
Cricket Match the Company broke in, so
that it was Impossible for the game to be
play'd out; and some of them being very
much frightened, and others hurt, it could
not be fihish'd till this Morning, when at
Nine o'clock they will finish the same'
hoping the Company will be so kind as to
indulge them in not walking within the
Ring, which will not only be a great Pleas
ure to them, but ageneral Satisfaction to
the Whole. AH Gentlemen and Ladies
that have paid to see this Match on Mon
day, shall have the Liberty of the Ground
to see it hnish'd, without any other charge.
And in the Afternoon they will play a Sec
ond Match, in the same Flace, several arg2
Sums being depending between the Women
of the Hills of Sussex, in urange Colour'd
Ribbons, and those of the Dales, in Blue,
The Wickets to be pitch'd by One o'clock
and to begin play by Two."
MIGHT IS OFTEN RIGHT
AXSWBU OF EDUCATIONAL JOUR
NAL TO TItO-BOEB CRITIC.
Cause of Civilization to Be Served by
Success of .British, in South
Africa. ':
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A correspondent of Learning by Doing,
an educational journal of Battle Creek,
Mich., quotes that paper, makes his own
comment and receives reply as follows:
And tills is the eternal law which is that the
Attest ehall prevail,, and that power is the cole
credential of power.
It is all very fine from, a sentimental stand
point to arsue that the land Is his who occu
pies 4t, and that a tribe of Indians have a right
to hold a continent as a game preserve- when
the rest of the world Is crying for bread and a
chance to wrest it from the soil. But such a
contention is eentlment rather than sense, and
might evoke a emile from the Supreme Arbiter
of human destiny.
In the division of the earth among the races
the rule haa ever ran that "unto him who hath
it shall be given, and unto him whohath not
it -shall -be taken away 'even that which he
hath."
This, indeed, is the doctrine of "might"
with a vengeance. The Boers stand "as a
bar across the pathway of progress."
Whose pathway? The pathway of Eng
lish gold and diamond-hunters. Who is
crying for bread on account of the Boers,
who "hold a vast territory, rich in the
uses of civilization,, as a pasturage for
oxen and sheep and ostriches ' ? Cecil
Rhodes and English syndicates are cry
ing for diamonds and gold. For whose
use? Their own use. The Boers, there
fore, must "get off the earth" for these
mammon missionaries. How long since
has the English flag stood for "equal op
portunity for all under. its folds"? The
Boers may not be God's chosen people,
yet they have other rights than those her
alded under the banner of military power.
Even the Boers have such rights as are
expressed in "that, all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness."
If gold and diamonds had not been found
in thq land of the Boers, the English
would never have been called upon to
remove a "bar across the path of civ
ilization." If the" doctrine of the editorial
Is right, the "sermon on the mount" and
the "American Declaration of Independ
ence" need several amendments.
The Reply.
Perhaps the best answer to our friend's
protest is to match It with a few recog
nized facts in the case.
1. The Boers seceded from English
authority and established themselves in
the Transvaal that they .might practice
slavery, something they could not do
under the British flag.
2. Their notorious oppression of and
cruelty to the natives, whose lands they
wrested from them, brought on a native
war, in which the Boer republic was
saved from anarchy onlS' by the inter
vention of English arms.
3. After the war of 1S31 the Boers prom
ised, as the price of their independence,
to allow Englishmen equal rights with
themselves in the Transvaal republic.
This promise they have notoriously failed
to keep.
4. The English mining capitalists in the
Transvaal came at the invitation of Presi
dent Kruger and under guarantees of fair
treatment, which guarantees have been
cynically disregarded.
5. Today in Johannesburg, a city built
by English capital and populated largely
by Englishmen, only the Dutbh can vote,
hold office or bear arms, and it is even un
lawful to have the English languago
taught in the schools.
6. No one but a Dutch burgher and a
.member of the Dutch church' can hold a
seat in the upper legislative body, and the
taxes are so adjusted" that nine-tenths fall
unon those who are allowed to have nt
hand in making the laws.
7. The money thus wrested from the
English has been used to build up a power
ful military armament whose only purpose
was for use against Englishmen and
others who might resist the Dutch oli
garchy. 8. The Transvaal is a republic in name
only. Kruger has been virtually the dic
tator for 20 years. He removes courts
and officials at will when their acts do not
suit him, and he rules the land solely m
the interests of the Ignorant, non-progressive
and bigoted peasants, who comprise
his following.
In the towns of the Transvaal today 1:
is a crime for a black man to walk on
the sidewalks; he must keep to the street
like an ox; he is a slave, in all but the
fact that he may not be bought and sola.
He Is not allowed the communion of the
Dutch church; he Is given no schooling,
and Is regarded and treated as a brute.
And the people that stands for these
things Is the people for whom our friena
pleads the Declaration of Independence
and the sermon on the mount!
Against the state of affairs that we have
here set forth, England has raised her
banner and her arms, not in the interests
of the diamond miners, for they aTe not in
the Transvaal, not for .the gold in the
mines, for the English people will get
no more of the gold under British than
under Boer rule. For a hundred years no
English statesman has thought of taking
a colony for the benefit of the mother
country.
No, England has bearded the Boer in
his den as a champion of that fair play
and equal rights for all, which prevail m
every land over which her flag floats.
She Is sacrificing the lives of her best
sons, and pouring out her treasure in the
Interest of civilization in Africa as against
medieval tvranny, bigotry and barbarism.
In accomplishing this thankless task, she
deserves the sympathy of all who believe
in the principles of the Declaration of In
dependence and the sermon on the mount,
and who believe that war is not too strong
a weapon to u.c.e against those who set
these principles at defiance.
INDUSTRIES AT SEASIDE.
L.OKS and Lumber The Demand for
Spruce Timber.
ASTORIA, Jan. 5. (Special correspond
ence.) "The way to build up a place is to
have work for its people in the winter
time," was the buoyant and surely sen
sible remark of a prominent denizen of
Seaside and of Clatsop plains, today.
"Seaside Is building right up now," he
continued, "because we have plenty ot
work for our young men in the winter."
"What is it they have todo now?" was
the interested query.
"Work In the saw mill and in the box
factory," was the answer. "The Seaside
saw mill is running right along, with big
orders ahead for It and for the box fac
tory. All of our young men have plenty
of work to do, and It makes money plenty
and times easy. Last winter everything
there was dull and dead. Nobody was
doing anything, and there were no dances
nor parties nor anything stirring at all.
Ths winter, though, it is just the other
way. Wq have dances and parties every
week, and the young men are out with
their best girls, spending money, and all
'are cheerful."
1 "What is" the market for the lumber
product of Seaside?" he was asked.
"San Francisco and other places," the
happy Seasider responded. "How do they
compete with Astoria mills? Why, easy
enpugh. The Necanicum spruce logs sell
to the mill for only $3 per thousand, while
the Young's bay spruce logs bring ?G 50 per
thousand. The Astoria railroad only
charges $1 per thousand for logs from Sea
side to Astoria, and I guess the rate
on shooks from the box factory and lum
ber from the saw mill by the carload is
about the same. The Seaside saw mill
ships them to the O. R. & N. Co.'s dock,
and loads them there on to the schooners.
You see, it is easy logging from up the
Necanicum down -to the saw mill boom
near the Seasldo house. They can just
roll the logs in and float them down on
the high Tvater without any trouble. Mc
Gregor & Sorensen are the main owners
in the Sorensen Lumber Company, which
does all the logging, and also principal
owners in the Seaside saw mill, which Is
the only market down there, and which
owns the approach to the railroad switch
at the Necanicum landing. They control
the market, of 'course, and are making a
good' thing of it. but what we Seaslders
are interested in is the life the business
puts Into our town during the winter,
when we don't have the Portland fellows
scattering their gobd money around, lis
tening to the 'sad sea waves.' "
It is no doubt true, that even at the
rate of $1 per thousand for a 20-mile haul
the Seaside saw mill is doing well. Tho
rates, though, on the A. : C. R. R. for
farm and other products on the Plains are
prohibitive. They shut off the farmers
from raising potatoes and other produce
for the Astoria market, which is largely
supplied from Portland. A. good story
about the local railway rates on Clatsop
plains is told in connection with the "first
carload of wheat" ever shipped by rail
from Portland to Astoria. Joslah West,
tho wealthy dairyman of Clatsop plains,
shipped a carload of wheat from his
Marion county ranch. The charge from
Portland to Astoria (and to Warrenton,
as a "common point"), was $1 per ton.
When the loaded car reached Warrenton
a rate of 51 50 per ton from that place to
Weston, some 12 miles further, was de
manded. The sturdy old burgher hitched
up all his teams and hauled it (at a great
er expense, by the way), by wagon road
to his dairy ranch.
An immense amount of lumber, both
fir and spruce, is being logged down the
Lewis & Clark and Young's and "Klaaka
nine rivers; a great deal of it being for the
Portland market. Much of this timber
region, though, is owned by a Montana
syndicate, and by Marshall J. Kinney. The
latter gentleman sold some 530,000 worth
of spruce holdings on the Lewis & Clark
about 28.0CO acres this past summer, how
eve.', to the Willamette Pulp & Paper
Company, ot Oregon City, for their pulp
mill at Young's river falls. That com
pany became alarmed over the report .that,
the Astoria company was buying up all
the spruce timber as a step towards es
tablishing a mammoth pulp and paper
mill at Flavel. It did lqok that way, too,
as their purchases were confined to the
spruce belt, which lies within 12 miles of
the ocean. It Is thought now, though, that
those purchases were simply made with a
view to the extension of the A. & C. R.
R. into Tillamook, and to connection with
tho Corvallis & Eastern. Marshall Kin
ney, however, got the benefit of th.e scare.
The Astoria company has not yet ex
tended its purchases to any of the streams
emptying into Young's bay. r They are re
ported, however, as still buying down the
coast. The Sorensen Lumber Company is
the only other buyer on tho Necanicum.
Over the divide, near the mouth of the
Nehalem, the Pennsylvania syndicate 13
closing up its immense 25,000-acre deal,
that began with the great tragedy at Onion
peak last spring.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
THE PORTLAND.
GS Silverman, Great C H Gray. San Fran
Falls, Mont p J Hard, Denver
Hamilton Wlckes.SeattliVladlmir de Pachmann,
V Burgess. Chicago 1 New York
ron' Colfax. Wn.Wm Welch, Denver
fir iT-S?,Vtz' 2iew York.Edward Christ, San Fr
w E Gilbert. Los AnglErnest Lister. Tacoma
E Q Koenlg, San FraniRussell E Sewall, city
R F Lewis St Louis Mrs R E Sewall. city
C Van H King. San FrH W French, Dalles
r fohwarzchlld. San FfMrs H "W French, do
fe ?.rS,mos, Snn Fran hv D Owen, Milwaukee
F W Walte. San Fran J B Canney. Mlnneapls
DiSAmSlt'.San Fran A B Botsford, Duluth
RIchd S Copley, N Y H A Ekman, St Paul
Paul C Fisher, jr. N YrMrs Inez Peterson &
F,re.d JaC0B3. San Fr sod. Albany. Or
Mat Furst. San Fran Slg Weltner. Chicago
C D Meyer, w & dr. doM E Ulmer. San Fran
THE PERKINS.
E E Caplln, Dalles IF E Henderson, Cot-
O V Allen. Salem. Or tage Grove
Frank Stedman, Wlnd-IMro F E Henderson, ao
sor, Minn 0 A Rltan. Portland
J M Stark. Indp. Or JO J Everson. Portland
Frank Smiley, Olympla
Geo Billings, Olympla
D A Trephager, S F .
A E Wllzln, San Fran
J M Edmonson, Spokn
H Crawford, Union. Or
Mrs H Crawford, do
D J Collins. Indo. Or
Henry Wright. Tacoma
J P Otcy, Tacoma
Dewey Rogers, Tacoma
A Sudd, Ogden. Utah
F A Murray, Spokane
J M Arrlngton, St L
M J McLlnnhan, Hel
ena, Mont
James Brandon, Oak
Lake. Mont
J Harrington, Astoria
Mrs J Harrington, do
W J Macon, Tacoma
E "W Parks, Tacoma
H Harklns, Tacoma
B F Laughlin, Dalles
W C McKenzIe, Cald
well, Idaho
Wm Stanton. So Milwk
W G Espy, Spokane
J T Johnson, Heppner
A H Lee. Winlock
O C Musser, San Fran
W F Young, Roseburg
J Boyce, Astoria
J L Cavantt. Isld City
Mrs V.rm Louden, As
toria Miss Louden, Astoria
Mrs Hampton. Catlin
Mies Hampton, Catlin
Jas E Fenton, Nome
C "W Rollins. St Louis
E S Maglll. Kansas Cy
Mrs J "W Conn, Astoria
W T Dlcklman. San Fr
J E Hays, Spokane
W S Gregory, Hood R
Ed Horzel, Tillamook
C E Lytle, Burr wood.
Pa
Ed T Dlven, Lancas
ter, Pa
M J Backley, Starbuck
H R Ovehard. Sumpter
D J Hutton, Lewlston
N Tryon, Joseph, Or
V H Chesney, Omaha
John S PInney, Portld
Mrs J S PInney, do
W H Hognn, Albny.Or
airs w H Hogan. do
T H Frasier, Kelso
Mrs T H Frasier, do
Mrs Young. Oak Point
Miss May Young, do
L L Lush, Marysville.i
Mont
"W D McDonald, Mc-
Mlnnvllle
Mrs W D McDonald.do
Effie McDonald. do
C A Curran, Albany.OrjA J Johnson, Astoria
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THE IMPERIAL.
C. "W. Knowles, Manager.
D C Mitchell. Moscow
J "W Morey, Richmond
Mrs Morey, Richmond
J B Nice, Cathlamet
S Roenhaupt, Spokane
Mrs Rosanhaupt, do
Chas Dawson, Tacoma
R G Smith, Gr Pass
Elliot Gordon, San Fr
R G. Butler, San Fran
H Bowen, San Fran
Mrs Bowen, San Fran
I L Patterson, Salem
C J Smith, San Fran
F J Hutchlngs, San Fr
Miss Anna Campbell,
Astoria
(Mrs Theo Olsen.Astora
J P Blunt, San Fran
Veva White, Seattle
Hazel White, Seattle
C H WInnett. New Yrk
Miss Cooley, Forest Grv
Mies Od;rers, Forest Gr
Miss Butler, Forest Gr
Dr Mason, Dallas, Or
Mrs I T Mason, do
L W Barry, San Fran
D S LIttlefleld. Owburn
A Hussey, do
H Southwlck, Salem
C F Leavenworth,
Olympla
J J Stokes, Astoria
THE ST. CHARLES.
"Wm Kearns, Eugene
J H O'Neal. Astoria
Ed Carrugh, Cathlamt
S Simmons, Pendleton
D D Loughbottom,
Alsca
w Kelly. Astoria
Carl Johnson, Alsea
W D Wampleo, AstorlaF H Beatty. Castle Rk
T J Miller. Catlin IE E Barzell & fy, do
Wm Stewart, do iJulIa Calbreath.Albany
A E Cook. McMinnvill 3 P Shedebaker, Castle
F M Heidel. Hillsboro Rock
Jas Brown, Hillsboro JVm Little, Castle Rock
Mrs Brown. Hillsboro W Ellers, Castle Rock
L F Knowlton, JuncCy.R W Graham. Seaside
Mrs Sanders, La CenterE F Thomas, Seaside
tt J ivauuman. Aic.uin.uco Armstrong. Seaside
J H Castollo. do
Wm Keames. Grav's-R
W G Rheede & wife.
North Yamhill
N Jerman, N Yamhill
Miss I Williams, do
Edson Daly, do
A. Ranson. do
P Havlland, Oregon Cy
C Bembefg, Dalles
Mrs Bemberg, Dalles
W J DInkard, Halsey
H 'F Jack. Prineville
W F Fulbrlght. Antelop
Dan Bowers. Antelooe
Jas Donnell, Antelope
u .H. diiiuzan. Astoria
P H Moore. Astoria
J H Aster. Astoria
R P Miles. The Dalles
John F Gardner.Gray'sj
C H Miles. The DaIIs
iuver-
jO P Davis. Chicago
John A Adams, Spokn t
Hotel Donnelly. Tacomn.
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mercial men. Chilberg's restaurant in
connection.
Hotel Bntler. Seattle.
European. Rooms with or without bath
Ladies' and gents' grillrooms in connection."
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Kruse's Grill Room and Restaurant
Stark street, opp. Chamber of Commerce.
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Execution of the Dnlce d'Enshlen.
From "The Early Married Life of Lady Stan
ley." Colonel Laborde, knowing that the
grave was actually dug In which the duke
was to bo put, after a short time awak
ened him and told him, if he had a lock
of his hair or a letter to send to any of
his family, that he (Colonel Laborde)
would take care to forward It, and would
only part with it with his life. The duke
replied, "I understand you." He cut off
a lock of his hair, wrote a short letter,
and desired that a confessor might be sent
to him. He was soon afterward led out.
Five of the soldiers refused to fire at
him. They were immediately shot before
his face, and their bodies thrown Into a
ditch. They desired to put a bandage be
fore his eyes. He answered he had looked
death in the face before, and could face
it again.' Seventeen soldiers fired at him.
Mme. Bonaparte did everything possible
to oave the duke. She implored Bona
parte on her knees, holding the skirt of
his coat, which was torn off by his vio
lent manner of going from her. She
seized the other skirt, which was like
wise torn off; and Bonaparte declared ha
would never go to bed till the duke was
dead. Lucien Bonaparte also exerted him
self to the utmost, and, finding he had
no success. In a. rage took out a watch
Bonaparte had given him, dashed it on
the "ground, breaking it to pieces, and
said to his brother, "You will be treated
In the same manner." The two brothers
have never been friends since.
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BOER PREPARATION.
Krugrer Commeftced to Get Ready for
War in 1S04.
J. P. Fitzpatrlck, In the Fortnightly Mag
azine. British South Africans generally be
lieved that the Boers would not fight
while England's hands were free else
where, but that' they were quite deter
mined to make a move as soqu as a fa
vorable opportunity presented itself. Tnis
conviction was very strong among the
British in the TranSvaal, for to them
there was -ample evidence that Mr. Kru
ger was looking to something beyond de
fending the independence of his country.
In 1S94 we had seen the commencement
of preparations on a large scale whicn
are today demanding toll In British blood.
In the manifesto published before the
raid, the Uitlanders complained of the
250,000 spent on Pretoria forts. 100.00
on Johannesburg fort, the importation of
cannon, Maxims and small arms, and
the hiring of German mercenaries. In
1SD4 we had witnessed the suggestion of
President Kruger to Germany for alli
ance. Since those days the prosecution
of military works and exercises has been
increasing. The signalling by heliographs
and flashlights, day and night; the work
ing of searchlights from the forts ; the
strengthening of defenses by trenches,
wire entanglements, etc.; the arrest of
persons passing near the forts; the pur
chase of thtr largest and best field guns
and siege guns; the importation of Mau
sers to arm every Dutchman in Africa;
the accumulation of huge stores of meal,
grain and forage; the provision of large
cold storage for frozen meat in Pretoria;
the drilling of the artillery and passing
of numbers of Boer youths on a sort ot
short service system through the artil
leryall these things were signs which
most of us witnessed ourselves, and for
that reason they Impressed us in a way In
which the mere recital of them could not
impress others.
The ugly feature about these prepara
tions was that they werenot ostentatious,
and could not, therefore, be dismissed as
"bluff." Of course, you cannot build
build forts on the, quiot, and thus part of
the programme appeared, upon superficial
observation, to be merely a show for the
purpose of intimidation. But there was
as much secrecy as possible about the
Importation, moving and distribution of
the big guns and small arms, and the
forts were very jealously guarded. In
deed, .it seems -unnecessary to emphasize
this now when we have unmistakable evi
dence that their guns exceed, both In
number anc quality, anything that they
were thought to possess.
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FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist Sl3
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